The manager of Johnny Depp’s private island in the Bahamas gave testimony Tuesday about an alleged altercation on the island between the actor and his ex-wife Amber Heard in 2015, while a forensic psychologist testified that Heard suffers from borderline personality disorder and histrionic personality disorder, as the civil lawsuit …
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Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter for $43 billion, saying the social media company “needs to be transformed as a private company.” The billionaire and founder of electric car maker Tesla, who earlier this month disclosed he owns a 9.2% stake in Twitter, proposed in a regulatory filing on Thursday to buy …
Read More »Thousands of cryptocurrency enthusiasts are gathering in Miami as the city builds its reputation as one of the key locations to develop blockchain technology despite its underdog status. Dozens of companies are using the Bitcoin 2022 conference running Wednesday through Saturday as a venue to network, pitch ideas and share …
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Ed Sheeran has won a copyright lawsuit over his song “Shape of You.” Artist Sami Chokri, known as Sami Switch, claimed Sheeran’s 2017 hit plagiarized his 2015 song “Oh Why.” After an 11-day trial, judge ruled Sheeran had “neither deliberately nor subconsciously copied” Chokri’s song and that while there were …
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The billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn is taking his recent campaign of animal advocacy to the nation’s biggest supermarket chain, adding Kroger to a list that already includes fast-food giant McDonald’s. In a letter Tuesday to Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen, Icahn said he’s seeking two seats on the company’s board …
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Starbucks workers at a store in Seattle have voted 9 to 0 to join a union, a first in the city and state where the coffee chain is headquartered and bringing closer to home a burgeoning labor movement among its workers that stretches across the country. “We’re excited for what …
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The Legal Aid Society has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the New York Police Department of surreptitiously collecting genetic material from thousands of New Yorkers and storing it indefinitely in a “rogue” DNA database. According to the lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Manhattan, the police routinely offer people …
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The following is a transcript of an interview with Dr. Scott Gottlieb that aired Sunday, March 20, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We’re joined now by former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb. He’s also a Pfizer board member, and he joins us from Westport, Connecticut. Good morning to you, …
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On this “Face the Nation” broadcast moderated by Margaret Brennan: White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary FundMohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser for Allianz Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Click here to browse full transcripts of “Face the Nation.” …
Read More »Montgomery County Coroner Dave Colbert’s job usually entails him showing up at a crime scene after the action has subsided. But in the warm early evening hours of June 8, 2017, Colbert responded to a 911 call of a male victim believed to be dead by snakebite, and he said …
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